Can anything beat
being welcomed home by tail
wagging, joyous pets?
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A silent evening,
perhaps? Or maybe just an
old, familiar bed?
Mondo
Worth A Try
Weekend’s arrival;
Does it presage promise of
toil or tranquility?
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Wouldn’t it be great,
if toil it is, we could
do so with tranquility?
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Seeking Safety
When is betrayal
really self-preservation
hidden in awful disguise?
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Ah, and there’s the rub.
Faced with such a question, one
seeks the safety of context.
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Nothing Greater
Was it just ego,
or was it something greater
Driving the August Caesar?
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Be it August or
be it September, ego
drives all our Caesars.
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Grim Reapers
When in the course of
Human events,misanthropes
Grow grim, and do what?
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What they don’t do is
pledge their Lives,Fortunes,and their
sacred Honor to each other.
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Realms of Being
Who said poetry
Requires great effort and
Some visionary forethought?
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Sometimes we poets
enter a wordless realm where
effort and forethought don’t dwell.
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Minimalist Mondo
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Hoist with our own Petard
If technology
joined forces with wisdom, what
manner of world might there be?
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A world alien
to egoist upright primates
who’ve learned to ape wisdom?
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Transubstantiation
How do we begin
to transform the grapes of wrath
into communion wine?
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Strip first, the bitter
skin of anger and vengeance,
then ferment the heart and soul.
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Illumination
When every which way
we look, we can only see
dark dead-ends, what then?
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Then, perhaps, the time
is ripe, to cast a little
light into those dark corners.
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Delaying the Reaper
Even when we know
a stitch in time saves nine, we
still procrastinate, but why?
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It’s just a habit
for some. But for others
it’s practice postponing death.
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Strength in Numbers
How does one achieve
balance in an unbalanced
world spinning out of control?
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If many people
join hands and spin together,
balance can be restored.
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Life Lessons from the High Desert
What wisdom are you
bringing back with you now that
you’ve been to the wild west?
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This place has taught me
that, despite hardships untold,
life will always find a way!
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Legacy
Walk in this canyon
and wonder. What legacy
will we leave for those to come?
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May we leave behind
a canyon and a world where
wonder is still possible.
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Wisdom of the Reed
When reason fails and
bluster holds sway, how can we
make a difference?
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Bend while the gale blows,
Knowing that the breeze will pass.
Rigid trunks will be broken.
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My Fellow Americans
When all has been said
and not much of anything
has been done, what then?
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Why, you raise money,
Of course! The hour grows late!
It’s time for re-election!
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Escape Into Timelessness
Where can you run to
Escape this modern world
And it’s electronic leash?
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To escape, walk, don’t run,
to a quiet place, open
a print book and read.
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Pie In The Sky
What has the world come
to when little dogs laugh and
forks run off with spoons?
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Absurdity reigns
When statesmanship gives way to
Wish fulfillment fantasy.
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Soul Travel
When embarking on
a spiritual journey,
what must one be sure to pack?
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Spiritual journeys
are more about unpacking
and traveling light.
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Stardust
So tell me, my fine
son, how can we still shine when
our light has grown dim ?
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“Luminous beings
Are we, not this crude matter.”
Our glow, inexhaustible.
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Writer’s Life Line
But what’s a writer
to do when the ink dries up
yet the deluge continues?
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Computers and their
keys can compensate with ease
and hold the flooding writer.
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Go With The Flow
When minds run out of
ideas before pens run
out of ink, what can be done?
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A little doodle
In the margin may restore
The balance of ink and thought.
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Parental Games
As rivalries go,
college sports is quite benign.
What is the most malignant?
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A big contender
must be parents who don’t see
games for what they’re meant to be.
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Landing In It
Have you figured out
what the hokey pokey is
really all about?
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Some odd reference
To the Virginia Tech Jail,
Or so the Wahoo’s tell me.
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Winter’s Long March
Now that March has come
has anything really changed
or is this just a redo ?
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Winter months seem to
endlessly march, seamlessly,
one to another, ’til spring.
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Where Value Lies
Is the almighty
dollar really the finest
measure of value around?
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The dollar can buy
many things, but value lies
in what’s bought and not the means.
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The Truth Will Set You Free
How does one explain
to a Christian Congress what
“Love thy neighbor…” means?
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No explanation
necessary. They know but
there’s no profit in caring.
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Let Me Count The Ways
While we’re awaiting
inevitable warming,
how’s best to pass these cold days?
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How best to pass these
days? Let me count the ways … nap,
sleep, and maybe dream.
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Hard Heartless Harbinger
Can you help me see
the possible benefit
of February?
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Though it is briefest,
this bleakest of months serves to
provide counterpoint for spring.
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Untempered
If fire tempers
the forge hardened sword blade,
what tempers an ice hard heart?
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Ice can’t be tempered.
The only recourse is to
melt it with compassion’s warmth.
